Hello everyone,
 
i used to post here a few years ago, and now i have a dumb question sort of.
 
Were the series basses originally designed for their best overall sound quality to be played through tube amps?  I noticed a marked difference in how that instrument responds and the overall tone seems more even coming out of the old tube amps- like the classic svt.  some of my old lp's with series bass sounds were much different than today's solid state, crispy, over sterilized, bass amp sounds- jmo, no offense to anyone.  The series bass is ALOT more punchy with lots of spikes as compared to a miked tube amp, which seems to me brings out a much more warm even tone (old school alembic sound).

the only series bass that i know of that i have heard how the sound changed over the years from a tube to transistors were Stanley Clarke's bass sound.  For example, the return to forever years i assume was the series sound from a miked tube amp, then around '82 - '84, it sounded more crisp with much higher highs and lots of dynamics, spikes, and harmonics coming out big time, assuming solid state electronics and direct plug into the sound board.

Back then, tube amps were more commonly used.  The fact that Alembic makes tube preamps should answer your question.  Nothing sounds better than a Series through an F-1x!

Except one through an F2-B